Achievements, challenges, and promising new approaches in vitamin and mineral deficiency control

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Boy, Erick ^a   Mannar, Venkatesh ^b   Pandav, Chandrakant ^c,d   De Benoist, Bruno ^e   Viteri, Fernando ^f   Fontaine, Olivier ^e   Hotz, Christine ^g  

^a HarvestPlus   (Canada)

^b MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders   (India)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Iodine; Iron; Micronutrient deficiency; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL; ZINC; IODINE; IODIZED SALT; MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GOITER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AVITAMINOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GOITER; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IODINE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MINERALS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 68849103550     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00155.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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